DANVILLE, Ky. — After setting things abuzz by trapping customers in a store, a huge hive of honeybees was removed safely from a small central Kentucky downtown.

The removal went off without a sting. Not one.

Danville Fire Chief Woody Ball told the Advocate-Messenger that emergency crews were called Monday because customers were afraid to leave the store.

First responders quickly realized they would need help, so they called Gary and Joyce Taylor, who live in nearby Perryville and have experience in bee removal, Ball said.

The newspaper reports the Taylors arrived to find more than a million honeybees swarming the area.

“We didn’t want to just hose the bees off the side of the building because they are so vital to our world’s ecosystem,” Ball said. “They aren’t hurting anybody, and we’re willing to stay here with it and let them collect the bees.”

“A queen bee died, and these bees followed another queen bee that took her place, and she’s looking for a place to start a colony,” Ball said. “This is where she landed and it looked like a good spot, so that’s where the rest of the bees landed.”

Fire crews shut down part of the road while the Taylors worked to safely collect the insects.

There were no injuries to people or bees, Ball said.

“It’s a good outcome for everyone,” said Ball. “No one is hurt, the bees are rescued and the Taylors will have some nice honey to sell at the farmers market.”

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